MONTICELLO - A second day of jury deliberations in the trial of accused wife-killer Paul Novak ended Thursday without a verdict.

The jury earlier in the afternoon asked to see the autopsy reports on Catherine Novak, as well as an affadavit of Scott Sherwood - one of the prosecution's key witnesses, who said he drove Novak to the western Sullivan County home.

Those requests by the jury came after only one hour of their morning deliberation when the 12 jurors asked to review two pieces of testimony and the definition of reasonable doubt.

Novak is accused of murdering his estranged wife Catherine and then burning her Lava home to cover up his crime and collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance. He's charged with first degree murder, arson, grand larceny and insurance fraud.

The eight men and four women again asked for the testimony of Thomas Decker, the landlord of Novak and his girlfriend and star prosecution witness, Michelle LaFrance, on the night of the alleged murder, Dec. 12, 2008. Decker had testified that he didn't hear or see anyone come to the home that night, when the other star prosecution witness, Scott Sherwood, said he came to Paul Novak's house to mix the chloroform that was going to be used to kill Catherine. Decker also testified that he didn't see anyone return to the Long Island home on the following morning – just hours after Novak and Sherwood were alleged to have gone to Lava, the western Sullivan hamlet near Narrowsburg where Catherine lived, and died.

The jury also asked to hear the testimony of Novak's paramedic partner, Will Gonzalez, who just a month or two before the alleged crime said Novak told him “Do you know the best way commit the perfect crime? Fire, because you get rid of all the evidence.”

Finally, the jury heard Sullivan County Court Judge Frank LaBuda read them the lengthy definition of reasonable doubt. The prosecution must of course prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.